The Comparison Of Mental Problems in Designer Drugs and Traditional drugs Users

Farzaneh Mikaeli Manee¹ Saeed Mohanna² Sheler Ab khiz³

1) Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
2) Ph. D Student of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan University, Iran
3) Masters gragute of Educational Psychology, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

IOI Code : XDFF-FCEKA
Publication : 3rd Natinal Conference on Social Pathology(asibuma.ir)
Abstract :
    Introduction: In recent years we have witnessed a change in the tendency of the youth in drug consumption from traditional drugs to designer ones. Meanwhile, there is no clear information available about the effects of these drugs on people’s body and psychology. Therefore, this study aims to compare psychological problems of addicts who consume designer drugs and those who use traditional drugs in Urmia city. Methods: In this causal-comparative study, 35 consumers of designer drugs and 35 consumers of traditional drugs were chosen using convenience sampling method and were matched based on their calendar age, the age when addition had started, and gender. In order to investigate and compare psychological problems in these two groups, SCL-90-R questionnaire was used. The data was then analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage) and inferential statistics (Chi-square and independent t). Results: The results obtained from this study indicate that there is significance difference between consumers of traditional drugs and designer drugs with regard to psychological problems and different dimensions of obsession-force, depression, sensitivity about inter-personal relationships, anxiety, aggression, fear of sickness and psychosis; However, there is no significant difference with regard to physical complains and paranoid thoughts. Conclusion: Consumption of designer drugs leads to more intensified problems and psychosis issues. Findings in this study have significant implications for research and treatment of designer drugs

Keywords : mental problems designer drugs traditional drugs consumer scl 90